ISLAMIC HELP

Registered charity 1160490 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q23043284 · Wikipedia · also known as NOT APPLICABLE

1. PROVISION OF EMERGENCY AID TO THOSE AFFECTED BY NATURAL & MAN-MADE DISASTERS2. ESTABLISHING LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY & LIVELIHOOD PROGRAMMES3. CARING FOR ORPHANS & VULNERABLE CHILDREN4. PROVIDING ACCESS TO CLEAN & SAFE WATER 5. ESTABLISHMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAMMES6. PROVISION OF HEALTHCARE FOR PEOPLE IN NEED7. SUPPORTING EDUCATION

Objects

3 1 THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AND INPARTICULAR AMONGST THOSE AFFECTED BY NATURAL DISASTERS, WARS, CONFLICTS, FINANCIALHARDSHIP AND OTHER HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCIES, BY THE PROVISION OF MONETARY OROTHER ASSISTANCE INCLUDING MEDICINES, HOSPITALS, SHELTER AND FOOD,3 2 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY MEANS OF, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH THE PROVISION ANDSUPPORT TO ORGANISE MAINSTREAM AND SUPPLEMENTARY EDUCATION AND FACILITATING BASICLITERACY AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, WITH THE OVERALL AIM TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE,ENHANCE LIFE SKILLS, IMPROVE LIVELIHOOD OPPORTUNITIES AND ENGAGE THE GENERAL PUBLICAND OTHER COMMUNITIES THROUGH LEARNING AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES FOR THEPUBLIC BENEFIT WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO ORPHANS, REFUGEES,DISABLED AND DISPLACED PEOPLE,3 3 THE PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS HARMONY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTINGKNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT OF THE BELIEFS AND PRACTICES OFDIFFERENT RELIGIOUS FAITHS TO THE PUBLIC HIGHLIGHTING SHARED VALUES AND COMMONINTERESTS TO HELP PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF FAITHS,AND (SAVE FOR PURPOSES INCIDENTAL AND ANCILLARY TO THOSE OBJECTS), NO OTHER PURPOSES

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Birmingham, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£11.0m
Latest spending
£10.4m
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £600,484 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £2,588,139. The trustees consider these general reserves to be at adequate levels in the context of the agreed budget and sufficient to meet needs for the next year. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed pension deficits.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“The charity's overall reserves are £894k (2024: £2m), which includes general reserves of £882k (2024: £2m). The trustees consider the general reserves at adequate levels in the context of the agreed budget.” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Shareef & Co. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 27
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 25
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 20
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for acting as trustee
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Islamic Help (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£11.0m
Total spending
£10.4m
Cost of raising funds
£1.9m
Reserves (reported)
£2.6m
Employees
55

Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 17.1% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.7%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bangladesh · Burkina Faso · Cambodia · India · Indonesia · Iraq · Jordan · Mali · Nepal · Niger · Occupied Palestinian Territories · Pakistan

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£11.0m£10.4m
31/03/2024£11.4m£10.5m
31/03/2023£8.5m£9.9m
31/03/2022£11.0m£11.2m
31/03/2021£11.3m£9.1m

Common questions

Is ISLAMIC HELP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £600,484 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £2,588,139. The trustees consider these general reserves to be at adequate levels in the context of the agreed budget and sufficient to meet needs for the next year. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed pension deficits. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Shareef & Co.

Who funds ISLAMIC HELP?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ISLAMIC HELP as a grant recipient include PENNY APPEAL, ZAIMAH, GLOBAL RELIEF TRUST, SAVE THE MOTHERS TRUST (SMT), IHELP GLOBAL.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
PENNY APPEALFY2024£220kGrant funding of activity
PENNY APPEALFY2025£220kFeeding
PENNY APPEALFY2023£212kGrant funding of activity
PENNY APPEALFY2023£212kGrant funding of activity
ZAIMAHFY2025£106k
GLOBAL RELIEF TRUSTFY2021£23k
SAVE THE MOTHERS TRUST (SMT)FY2022£5kcharity grant
IHELP GLOBALFY2022amount not statedto carry out qurbanis in Tanzania

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ISLAMIC RELIEF WORLDWIDE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ISLAMIC HELP£11.0m—0below—no doubt
ISLAMIC RELIEF WORLDWIDE FY2025£239.0m——unclear—no doubt
THE ISLAMIC FOUNDATION FY2025£3.0m—0above—no doubt
ISLAMIC CENTRE FY2025£134k—0unclear—no doubt
HUSSAINI ISLAMIC MISSION FY2025£126k—0unclear—no doubt
IMAM HUSSEIN CHARITY FY2024£615k—0above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.